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Article: Air Traffic Operators Fault Maintenance
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- July 24, 2007
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WASHINGTON - Air traffic controllers say poor maintenance of their aging work places has hampered and harmed them and could endanger the flying public.
The Federal Aviation Administration, which employees the controllers, has not given priority to maintaining and preserving aging air traffic control facilities, argued Patrick Forrey, president of the controllers' union.
"The resulting environmental conditions have jeopardized the safety of workers as well as the effectiveness of the equipment they use - both of which can negatively impact the safety of the air traffic system," Forrey said in testimony prepared for a hearing Tuesday by the House aviation subcommittee .
"We recognize ...